Who can do it? The Kandi man can't! That's what Clippers fans could be heard quietly muttering to themselves during the Nigerian giant's stint as their starting center. Olowokandi, drafted first overall in 1998, was the beneficiary of a transitional period in the NBA, when the league was still obsessed with finding the next Olajuwon, Ewing, or Shaq. One year too late, turns out—in '97 the San Antonio Spurs scored Tim Duncan with the no. 1 pick. By 1999, 11 names would be called before one center was taken. At the turn of the century, an era had ended and the age of the big, rangy guard would come to dominate the NBA. For the Clippers, Olowokandi was just one brick in a towering edifice of misjudgment. Still, he was a big brick.